Left the first stage cap off

[itsjustme0770]

Boy do I feel stupid. Finishing up the last dive of the week and dropped my reg in the rinse tank without capping the first stage. Realized it once I pulled it out of the rinse tank.

I dried it off as best I could, ran compressed air through it.

Is a rebuild something that needs to be done? Just had it done before this trip, but am happy to do it if I need to.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

 

[kidspot]

I did the same thing awhile back - I asked at the lds and was told to just run some compressed air through it to dry it out since it was only fresh water. If it's salt water, then some folks would say to rebuild it (and others still wouldn't care lol)

Aloha, Tim

 

[Rick Murchison]

An overhaul is probably not needed, but...
If it were my reg I'd tear it down, inspect and clean/disinfect it. Rinse tanks are never "fresh" and there's no telling what wonderful critters might set up housekeeping inside your first stage... probably some things you'd just as soon not have in your lungs. Having 'em in the first stage is distinctly different than in the second stage, as there is "atomization" when the water/bugs travel through the HP to LP port and again from the LP to second stage box.
Rick

 

[Li'l38]

Boy do I feel stupid. Finishing up the last dive of the week and dropped my reg in the rinse tank without capping the first stage. Realized it once I pulled it out of the rinse tank.

I dried it off as best I could, ran compressed air through it.

Is a rebuild something that needs to be done? Just had it done before this trip, but am happy to do it if I need to.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

I read a thread on this a while back..... IIRC, it depends on how much water got in and where? SPG? I don't know what rebuilding costs but I'm thinkin' when in doubt......

 

[Spoon]

An overhaul is probably not needed, but...
If it were my reg I'd tear it down, inspect and clean/disinfect it. Rinse tanks are never "fresh" and there's no telling what wonderful critters might set up housekeeping inside your first stage... probably some things you'd just as soon not have in your lungs.
Rick

i agree, almost did the same thing yesterday but i caught mself before i dunked it. after a hard days of diving you can get careless. my suggestion would be to overhaul if you are meticulous about your gear although not really needed. wash basins usually are filled with 100% fresh water but after being dunked with salty gear their is bound to be some residues. its your call

 

[Hyper-limits]

It should not be a problem, but you should remove your SPG before you ran compressed air through the first stage, I would be surprise that water would get in the SPG on his own but after you push air through it you never know if water get in there.